ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Clinical Nutrition
Longitudinal Assessment of Oral Intake Adequacy and Nutrition-Impacted Symptoms in Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Provisionally accepted
- Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Aims: This study aims to longitudinally assess the adequacy of oral intake and burden of nutrition-impacted symptoms (NIS) and identify modifiable factors associated with oral intake adequacy in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients. Methods: A single-center prospective study enrolled allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients from May 19, 2022 to February 8, 2023. We evaluate the adequacy of oral intake and nutrition-impacted symptoms in the peritransplantation period. Generalized estimating equations were adopted to evaluate associated factors of the adequacy of oral energy and protein intake. Results: A total of 63 allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients were enrolled in the study, with 439 records. The adequacy of oral energy/protein intake showed a trend of decreasing first and then increasing, and 57.1%-95.2% of the patients suffered from at least one nutritionally impacted symptom in the peritransplantation period. Generalized estimating equations indicated that the presence of nutrition impacted symptoms was a risk factor significantly associated with the adequacy of oral energy intake <50%, while the use of oral nutrition supplements was a protective factor. There were similar associations between the adequacy of oral protein intake <50% and the above two factors. Conclusion: Insufficient oral energy and protein intake and the burden of nutrition impacted symptoms in peritransplantation patients are common, and further attention and intervention on these issues are needed. Oral nutrition supplements are a potential approach to increase oral intake and nutritional status in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients.
Keywords: Oral intake, Adequacy, nutrition impacted symptoms, Oral nutrition supplements, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Received: 14 Jun 2025; Accepted: 18 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Qin, Li, Wu and He. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Yang He, yhe273389@gmail.com
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